Coke-loader.



G. E. WRIGHT & W. K. MONROE.

COKE/LOADER.

Arrmon'xon num JULY as, 190e.

Patented Aug. 17. 1909.

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C. H. WRIGHT & w. K. MONROE.

COKE LOADER. v

APPLICATION FILED JULY 28, 190B.

931,110. y f Patented Aug.17,`19o9.

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Patented Augnl'?, 1909;

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APPLIOAIION FILED JULY 8, 1908.

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Mr. L Wada?? C. H. WRIGHT n W. K. MONROE.

- COKE LOADER. APPLICATION funn JULY za. 190s.

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Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

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UNITED STACrpATENT OFFICE.'

cnam. u. wluoirr AND wim. it. MONROE, or eLEvELAND, 01110,' AsslGNeRs T0 TH BROWN nois'riae we maaar conn-tm', or CLEVELAND, 01110.

coma-Louisa.

No. 981,110. i Specification of Lettera Patent. Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

Application med July 28, 1908. Serial No. 445,848.

, To rall whom it may concern: In the drawings, O is the coke-oven, and ytiti lie it knownthat we,(`.i:.nn.i".s lLll/man'r lt the ram 0r pushenbar by which the and Wim. K. Moxnol-z, both citizens of the charge is propelled outwardly. l'nitc'l States, residing at Cleveland. in the A represents the coke-louder, as a whole,

county ol' Cuyahoga and State ot'tlliio,lia\'e beside ol' which, atany'convenient grade,

jointly invented certain new and uset'nl lmcars c are brought up parallel to the face of v60 profeinvnts in (Tolwdamders, as to which we the oven. Between the tracks for the cars hereby declare the t'ollowitn;r to be a l'ull, and the face of the oven is located the loader. clear. and exact description and such as will on supporting rails r and 7", that extend,

'10 enable othera skilled in the art to which itot' course, alone; the entire front of said relates to malte and use the same. ovens. Beneath and intermediate between 65 lu the 'several drawings accompanying said rails there is, preferably, laid a. trackand making.r a part of these specitications way for a ear c', to catch and carry away similar parts, in each case, are indicated by the screenings from the receiving platform, similar letters. to be described. '.l'he loader A is made up of ltI is the design ol' the 'present invention a frame-work rectangular in plan, mounted 70 to provide a more llexihle implement for the Il 'lltfl- 'Uf' mi 'w' limi' 'M'l f csllcctvely landing 0f u (lokknyhn pgp inl() Convgying (lll lllt. l'llilS l llld Y". Salti flUHC-Vork in' ears, than, as now informed the state of the. tllrlfa thv Colieret'eiving: platform C, and 2O art accords. the necessary mechanism for o erating the 1f, nung rHmgmm-ms ,if (his 1mm-tcp? salue, as well as for moving,r the )loader along 75 gene all).r speaking', oller a hinged platl'orm the rails or tracks .1- and r. At each forthat receives sin-h charge when pushed l'rom iard corner of mld l'ranie-worlr, arenpthe oren-and. thereafter. by' its uplifting, l'lgll* L, llllt WSL 0K1 :l sill S which extends .shoots or slides the sanacinto the cars that, bi '0 Wl ('Umlcct the from? Wheels w1 w are brought` up to the grade.. or level thereof, Fta. l). From the upper end of the np- 80 or that reduire a lxod gratte for the receivrights U` parallel struts, or brace-members, ing train above which a platform of the l', tXllltl tlmvllwlldly, and diagonally, t0 above. nature can traverse, and dump its load the opposite rear corners, of -a pa 'allel sill` vertically thereon. or that necessitates spe- 'lW'll iS SHppOl'tOl. 0n and by parallel cial conxoyt-.rs arranged to serve said piisher. hm-.ls fw corresponding with the front. 85 The subject, ol' this application is an ap- WlwvlS il. Said liprights U and diagonal 'paratus to accomplish the :same purpose as members il", are turther held 1n place, b the apparatus just referred to, but which is the cross-pieces V', :Utd Other lngttutllllil a equallyl adapted mv any grml@ 0r )wel of transversel and .lateral structural bracings.

track or cars, into which the charge is t0 be Snrmountlng sald frame-work is an engine- 90 unloaded, and which possessif; other merits, house E, supported at its front end, by said of an economical and operative character, t' *anieworlg so far as described, and, at its that rcnder it useful'and preferable. rear cuddly nprights U2., which meet, and are 40 Figure l shows, in side elevation, the aptrained into respectively, the diagonals U'.

paratus in questirm, in position to receive 'l he platform C 1s open at both ends, so as 95 the contents o a coke oven. Fig. 2, is a to register with the channel lof the oven from side-elevation of the .same when in a diswhich a charge is to be received. lts feacharging position. llig. il is a likey elevation tures are readily understood-by particular ol' the platform port-ion of' said apparatus, reference, for instance, t0 Figs. 3 to G. As

so broken as to cx )ose certain internal desaid, with respect to the frame-work itself, 100 tails. Fig. t is a plan View of Fig. 3. Fil". the platform, also is rectangular, in plan,

5 is a partial similai vicw as; Fig. 4 with a and, has floor plates at the front and rear.. special 'screen actuating; device attached. ln the snecinl terms shown in Figs. 3 to- 6,

Fig. t3 is a partial plan view ot' Fig. Fig. inici-nie inte between such floor'plat'es, is a 7 is a sei-tional view on the lines w a; Fig. 5. screen arrangement, represented by K that', 105 Figs. t4. t), l() and ll show, in` diagram, feeds into a hopper H, beneath the same, lith-rent means of oscillating said platform, thatV is to receive the sacalled breeze-coke and of moving the machine itself. and ashes from the screen above. A suitable the purpose.

ate or opening o is at the bottom of the topper. This screen, as depictedy in Figs. 3 and 4, is immorably fixed in its place, but, as shown in Figs. 5 ami (i. it is made to reciprocate, in a direction longitudinal of the platform, by means of certain details indicated. .\s a convenient manner of maltng up these. screens, they are shown as consisting of a series of parallel, serrated bars, ranged lengthwise of said platform and duly spaced. Un said platform near the rear end of the screen, on each side of the same, are guide-rollers (i and (i, and at sut-h points and corresponding points near the front end of the platform are links or connections L and L to which are attached operating.r ropes l5, li. and Il', Il'.

On the inner sides of tite uprights U2, down and along the diagonals U is a trackway, preferably of channel iron with the flanges inturned. and between which said rollers G and G respectively bear and travel. Theset'lange trackways are indicated by li and 1" in Figs. -l and G, as is also the. relative position of the rollers when thus in place. Manifestly substantially equivalent operative effects can be obtained by locating these traclnvays on the inclined or diagonal piecesll alone. instead of also on the nprights l, as shown.

'llte engine and other operating' apparatus, both to move theiloader along'its track, and to actuate the several stated movements of the platform C, are located in the engine house, F.

ln Figs. 1 and 2 are indicated, in dotted lilies, the platform-operating ropes l and B', referred to above, the one end ot' which is fastened to said links L and L', and, the other ends reaved around and fastened to the proper drums in said house provided for i Details of the special arrangements for *,-ariously operating said platform by means ot' said rope-connections, are diagrammatically illustrated in Figs. 8, t), 10 and 11.

'In Fig. 8 tite ropes B and l' after tao' kling' the platform (l, as described, pass re spectively over, or around a system of sheaves s, s, to be secured to drums D and D. Tite latter are each mounted on its own shaft'. and driven by its special motor M and M. Around these drums, respectively, are reversely wound ropes lS`- and l, which. passing over sheaves s', .s are connterweighted by weights W and lV', at the outer terminals of said ropes. A motor Mfor moving the loader A along its tracks, is hazated at any convenient point, with its pinion, as

-shown, in gear with a cross-shaft I that, pret'- erahly engages, at its ends, vertical shafts l and l2 through beveluartngs y, y at such ,pointsu Said vertical shafts, inturn,tln'ough suitable lasvelgearings at their lower ends.

whieh,`at their respective ends, by appropriate gearing, likewise engage vertical shafts l"I l that are geared to and connect; with the axles of the wheels fut. lt is evident that. by this discretionary arrangetment if both drums are oierated simult;aneousl \,',.by the help of said counterweights, the platform (l may be' raised to any level that the rereivingr ear c has, and that then, if the drutn l)is stopped, and bralted against its eonnterweight, the rear end of the platform will continue to ascend until a tipping' angle is reached that will expel or .shoot the'charge. iut-'i :laid car. whereupon both drums may be reversed until the platform is in proper position before the oven to reet-ive a new charge.

The mechanism illustrated in Fig. t) differs from that of l"i .s in that the counterweight ropes l' and l are dispensed with. llere the d rlun's are on tite same shaft and dr/ireniy the same motor M, and, magnetic clutches J, J, are indicated onan intermediate driving shaft I7. The same movements of the platform C are obtained by this arrangement by a manipulation of tht apparagusin a omnitel' that will be evident to those sltillrd in the art.. ln Fig. l() the system ol' rcavilreA and counterweighis similar lo that of Fig. S. but, here, :l

single motor )l is used, and the drums are idly mounted on a common driving' .shaft l". They are neeessat'ily'eont rolled by independent friction clutches." 'l`he arrangement'. oll'ered in Fig. ll has th'e saute system of reaving the ropes l, 'and l5 and of connection with the platform (l as that. shown ilt Fig. 1t). The counterweights and their ropes, however, are omitted.

As to the special screen feature hereinbefore referred to and shown in Figs. 5 and t3, its automatic oscillation is obtained by engaging and supporting the front en d, at', each corner, in longitudinal slots N, and rear by a. cross-bolt b that passes loosely through, or threads, the ends of the several bars making` up said screen, as well as the apron f to be referred to, and is keyed to "the rocker arms T', at each side;

A shaft 'l is connected, near each end with the rccilnoeatiug-arms T', to which are also connected or keyed second reciprotattingarms 'l"", which pivotally engage rods ll of eecentrics c, idly mounted on 'axles'a, that carry said eecentrics. lQaid ereentths c are parts of and integral with the sheaves m. Similar sheaves m', for the operating ropes ll', are locali-l at the .sides of said plat forni in front ot' said screen. 'lhe operatingr ropes` ll and ll respectively loop around these sheaves from their drums aboveI to anchoragt-s near the top of the lower or loader 'l'o prevent any back-flow or eseal'ie. of eolie' ou a forward rceiprmattiou of the engage, corresponding horizontal shafts l l, f, screen, we protide an artesliapt-,d apron f,

hanno Y p a alon thev rear end and line of the screen. As s own, in this case, it contains a series of inwardly projecting recesses, alternating with the ends of the screen-bars, and into which the latter penetrate or mesh. It is manifest that, as thus prepared, on any windingr in or out of the ropes B on theirv drinn, the sheaves m, will be actuated and with them the integral eccentrics e and thereby the screen itself: further, as to tho platform C that, as said, a variety of movements or positions are obtainable, according to the will of the operator. For instance, when the arrangement of Fig. 8 is employed,

the counter-weights are of course contributory to the power, and the platform C may be raised either horizontally, or on one end more rapidly than the other, and the speed may be varied at any moment of the ascent. The same results are obtainable in the arrangement. of Fig. 9, hy re ulating the rela.' tive speedof the drums y means of the magnetic clutches, in connection, of course, with the brakes customarily provided in such connections. Where a single motor, with the drums or a common shaft, as in l? ig. 1J, is used, a dili'crence-in speed, between the ends` of the platform; is of oourse unattainable,`and assuming that the ull of the counterweight is less than they oaded platform, the tipping necessary to employ said latform, is accomplished by throwin f outt 1e clutch for the front-end rope B', an

setting the brake on its drum D, the other drum D being kept in rotation. In Fig. 11

itis plain, that the ends of the platform will always move at the same pace, although, by

the propel' manipulation, one end can remain stationa or may be lowered while the other en is raised.

Having thus explained ourinvention and pointed out various methods of operating the same, what we claim und desire to secure by Letters Patent is:-

1. A coke-loader consisting of the combi nation of a frame-work or structure a re- Y ceiving platform flexibly suspended therein, with one end iu and against inclined or diagonal guides or track-bearings, and means for raising and lowering said latform in and along the same, substantial y as shown and described.

2. A coke-loader, consist-ing of the combination of a movable framework or snp orting structure, a coke-receiving plat orm flexibly suspended therein at one end in and against up and down guides or track-bearings therefor, and means for raising and lowering said platform in and along said guides or bearings, substantially as shown and described.

3. ln a coke-loader, the combination of a. carriage mounted on suitable tracks and provided with driving mechanism, a cokereceiving plat-form flexibly suspended within s aid carriage, between and against inclined or diagonal track-bearings therefor, and suit-able means, within said carriage, for driving the same, and raising said platform to a forward tipping osition, substantially as shown and described CHARLES H. IVRIGHT.`

WILL K. MONROE.

In presence of- L. P. Llrrs, lV. L. lfVns'rooti'r. 

